Buckboard



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O. THOMAS.

BUGKBOARD.

No. 499,057. Patented June 6, 1893.

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G. THOMAS.

v BUGKBOARD.- IfIo. 499,057. Patented June6, 1893.

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O. THOMAS.

BUGKBOARD.

No. 499,057. Patented June 6, 1893,

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CHAUNCEY THOMAS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

B U C K B O A R D SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.499,057, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed September 8, 1892. Serial No. 445,316. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAUNOEY THOMAS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Buckboards, which will, in connection with the accompanying drawings,be hereinafter fully described, and specifically defined in the appendedclaims.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buckboard embodyingmyinvention, and showing abrake thereto applied. Fig. 2 is a top planView of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a view similar to Fig. l, but with the brakeomitted, and showing a stay from the hind axle to the king bolt. Fig.iis an inverted or underside plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a rearelevation of myinvention. Fig. 6 is a detached side elevation, showingmy method of attaching the rear seats to the buckboard. Fig. 7 is afurther fore and aft detached detail of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detachedside elevation, showing a method of securing the floor of the buckboardto the roof of the wheelhouse; and of setting up said floor. Fig. 9 is adetached top plan view showing a method of uniting the rear and frontsections of the buckboard. Fig. 10 is a detached side elevation of Fig.9. Fig. 11 shows a slight change from Figs. 9 and 10, and for the samepurpose. Fig. 12 is a detached top plan View of the front springs, axleand fifth wheel. Fig. 13 is a detached front elevation of the floor,front cross bar, fifth wheel, spring block and springs. Fig. 14 is adetached elevation showing the method of connecting the springs with theaxles.

The primaryobject of my invention is to furnish a out under buckboard;that is, a buckboard so constructed that the front wheels pass directlyunder the body when the vehicle is be ing turned in a limited space. Andthe invention consists primarily in two sets of bent boards for thefloor, one set being arranged in rear of the wheel house and the otherin front of the wheel house; both sets being bent upward to form thewheel house, and being respectively connected with the rocker and rearaxle; while the turned up ends of said boards are connected together soas to support the middle portion of the buckboard.

It further consists in the manner of connecting the turned up ends ofthe floor of the buckboard; in the manner of connecting the rear seatsof the buckboard; in the method of connecting the spring ends with theaxles; and in the stay that connects the rear axle with the king bolt,as also in divers other details; all as will be next herein describedand then specified in the claims.

Referring again to said drawings, a represents the rear set of floorboards and b the front boards, which together constitute the buckboardproper. Both sets of said boards are turned upward at c, and are securedat such distance apart as to form a wheel house, within which the frontWheels A enter when the vehicle is turned in a limited space. The

rear wheels are shown at B, the rear seat at O, the front seat at D, andthe dasher at (1..

One of the methods of securing the turned up ends of boards a, b, isshown in Fig. 8, where bar j is placed between said boards and the bolts6 pass directly through the same and through a and b and are locked by anut resting on an iron plate *6, as there shown. Said bar j is placed ata suitable distance from the top of the boards; and at said top I securethe bars f, f, to the boards by screws as shown, or by other means, withspreader bars h arranged between them, with screws 9 to force bars hapart.

In Fig. 10, the same means of securing a and I) together are shown intop plan, the bars h being somewhat shorter than j in order that theymay by action of screws g be moved outward to compensate for anysettling of the boards a, b by use.

In Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11, I show the rods 6, with the metal bars i-attheir ends, as also the bars f secured to a, b at the top; but insteadof the spreader bars h, I show (in Figs. 9 and 10) the right and lefthand threaded screws 9, by which to force bars h apart to the requisitedegree. And by thus confining boards a, b at a point somewhat belowtheir upper ends, so that they cannot there move farther apart, and alsoconfining them at the end so that they cannot move nearer together, theyhave the capacity at the wheel house to sustain a load as great as atany other point in their entire length.

The springs, shown at 70, are connected with the axles l by a jack mthat is clipped to the axles near their ends, and rising therefromsupports the integral bar or, shown clearly in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 12;and upon bars a, close to their ends, is supported the leather loop orlink 19, which passes through loop q, secured to the longer leaf ofspring 70, near its end; thence along under the spring to link 25, whichit embraces; said link spanning the spring and engaging an eye in thetop leaf thereof, as shown.

The rear springs are shown in Fig. 5 and as havinga bar interposedbetween them and boards a which boards rest on said bar.

The front springs are clearly shown in Figs. 12 and 13. In said figureis also shown the fifth wheel resting on said springs, and with acentral bar that receives the king bolt, while in Fig. 13, both halvesofthe fifth wheel gulat shown as secured together by the king In Fig. 1,a brake lever is shown at 2 as pivoted at 3 and as connected withsliding rod 4, which, through suitable levers, actuates the wheel blocks5, so that the occupant fiflirhe buckboard can govern it in descendingIn.Figs. 3 and 4 are shown the means for connecting the rear axle withthe king bolt; the same consisting of an arched connecting iron 6, whichis bolted to barj, and to its rear arm is secured the bight of wire rope7 which at its ends is secured to the rear axle; while rope-8 passesfrom the front arm of 6 direct to a loop secured upon king bolt y. Thearrangement of these several parts serves to keep the rear wheels inproper relation to the other parts of the vehicle, especially whendriving where roads are uneven or when applying the brake.

The front seat sets directly over the turned up ends 0 of the buckboard,and it is so constructed as to contain the bolts eand iron bars '5, asshown. The other seat or seats are placed upon boards I); their ends 9extending down past boards I), while a reinforce 10, secured insidepart9 is securely fastened to bar 11, that is rounded upon its underside so as to roll slightly upon I), while a reinforce bar 12 is boltedbeneath b; all as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

In order to adjust seat 0, I arrange a cranked rod 13, so that it ispivoted in said seat bottom, as shown, and at its lower end it isthreaded in a pivoted nut 14:, beneath b, so as to take any requisiteangle and yet bear true in said nut. Hence if said seat tips too farforward, it is only necessary to turn said rod upward, therebylengthening it, and so tipping the seat rearward; while a reversemovement of the rod will tip the seat forward.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a buckboard, of boards a, b, the bolts e, barsfsecured to a, b, and set screws 9 arranged to force barsfasunder,substantially as specified.

2. In a buckboard, the combination of axle Z, jack m formed with crossbar a, leather loops 19 secured on said bars, and springs 70 providedwith loop (1 to receive said leather loop, and having link t, in whichthe loop is secured, substantially as specified.

3. In combination with support a secured to the axle and spring 70, aleather link 19, secured at one end on said support and passing throughloop (1 and engaged in link 15, secured to the spring, attached tothe'body all substantially as specified.

4. In a buckboard, the combination of the arched connecting iron 6,secured in the wheel house, the cord 7, looped therein and extended tothe rear axle, and cord 8, extended from said iron and secured to theking bolt, all substantially as specified.

'5. In a buckboard, the combination therewith of seat 0, pivoted thereonand provided with a rod 13, arranged to tilt said seat forward or torear, substantially as specified.

CHAUNCEY THOMAS.

Witnesses:

L. W. Howns, T. W. PORTER.

